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Right, just like if the good guys don't develop a novel coronavirus in a lab, the bad guys will and unleash it on the world! Development of tools of death is n
by skidd0 2y ago
Right, just like if the good guys don't develop a novel coronavirus in a lab, the bad guys will and unleash it on the world!
Development of tools of death is not a good guy/bad guy thing. The "bad guys" think the "good guys" are bad.
I think "killing" is bad, no matter who develops the tools.
- shepherdjerred 2y agoThere are certainly times when killing is justified. Defeating the Axis in WW2 is a great example of this.
- mulmen 2y agoHundreds of thousands of innocent civilians died in strategic bombing campaigns to achieve that outcome. Do the ends justify the means?
- shepherdjerred 2y agoYes, without shred a doubt or hesitation. Germany and Japan were killing millions of innocents in WW2. Not only that, but those killings were entirely unnecessary. At least with Israel I can give some of the benefit of the doubt that their civilian casualties have some strategic outcome. You cannot say the same of Germany and Japan in WW2. (please be charitable to the above; there is a lot of nuance here; I don't want to explicitly spell it all out. look at my other comments if you want to know my views)
- actionfromafar 2y agoIt's just that I fear their strategic outcome will in the end become a net negative, for everyone.
- mulmen 2y agoI believe the Allies could have defeated the Axis with less collateral damage. The ends were admirable. The means are debatable and in some cases regrettable.